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Capital punishment and Roman Catholic moral tradition /

"Why is the Catholic Church against the death penalty? This second edition of E. Christian Brugger's classic work Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, available now in paperback for the first time, traces the doctrinal path the Church has taken over the centuries to its p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brugger, E. Christian, (Eugene Christian), 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame, 2014.
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the Second Edition (2014); Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: SORTING OUT THE ISSUES; Chapter 1: The Present Teaching of the Magisterium; Chapter 2: The Justification of Punishment; Part II: THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH'S TEACHING; Chapter 3: The Death Penalty and Scripture; Chapter 4: The Patristic Consensus; Chapter 5: The Medieval Testimony; Chapter 6: Sixteenth Century to the Present; Part III: RETHINKING THE CHURCH'S TRADITIONAL NOTION OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE; Chapter 7: Capital Punishment and the Development of Doctrine.
  • Chapter 8: Toward an Ethical Judgment that Capital Punishment Is Intrinsically WrongNotes; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects.